Emerging infectious diseases
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Emerging Infect. Dis. · Aug 2008
Oseltamivir prescribing in pharmacy-benefits database, United States, 2004-2005.
We reviewed information from a US pharmacy benefits manager database from 2004 through 2005 during periods with little influenza activity. We calculated rates of oseltamivir prescriptions to enrollees. Prescription rates increased significantly from 27.3/100,000 in 2004 to 134/100,000 in 2005 (p<0.05), which suggested that personal stockpiling of oseltamivir occurred.